Lužane bus bombing

The Lužane bus bombing occurred on May 1, 1999 during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, when NATO AGM-114 Hellfire missiles fired from AH-64 Apache targeted a bridge in Kosovo[a] hit a bus. The bus was hit on the Lužane north of Pristina. On that day, 46 civilians of Serb and Albanian ethnicity were killed.[1][2][3][4] Among the victims were 14 children. One section plunged off the bridge into the river below.[5] Amnesty International believes that NATO did not always meet its legal obligation in selection targets of attack, one of which includes bombing of this bridge in Lužane, where NATO forces failed to suspend the attack after it was evident that they had struck the civilians.[6] The bus (Niš-Ekspres) was on a regular express service, linking Pristina and Niš.

NATO bombing of a bus near Lužane
Memorial to the victims of 1999 bombing of SRJ (children) in the village of Murino, Montenegro.
LocationLužane, Serbia
DateMay 1, 1999
TargetBridge
Attack type
Missile attack
Deaths46
PerpetratorsUS Army
Main article: Civilian casualties during Operation Allied Force

See also

Notes
a.   ^ The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, Kosovo is formally recognised as a sovereign state by 101 UN member states (with another 13 states recognising it at some point but then withdrawing their recognition) and 92 states not recognizing it, while Serbia continues to claim it as a part of its own territory.

References
  1. The Kosovo Conflict and International Law: An Analytical Documentation 1974-1999, Heike Krieger
  2. "Četrdeset dana rata". Archived from the original on 2011-05-05. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
  3. "Vesti". РТС.
  4. "Vožnja Kroz Vreme". Archived from the original on July 4, 2012.
  5. "Nato bomb hits bus". news.bbc.co.uk.
  6. Murphy, Sean (2003). United States Practice in International Law. Cambridge University Press. p. 536.

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